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' .@nith fates getint- @fitta WILLIAM T. CLEMENT, NORTHAMPTON,MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent 1ro. 73,437, {zaagt-January 2i, 186s. I

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ro ALL WHOM 1r MAY coNcEaN;

Bc it known that I, WILLIAM T. CLEMENT, of Northampton, in the county of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in the Manufacture of Hoes; and I do hereby declarethat thc following is a full and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to that class of hoes which receive the 'handlewit-hin a socket or eye open atboth-ends. It includes most ofthe severalvarieties of'stnb-hoes, planters hoes, and those hoes, under variousnames, which are used in very heavy work. The eye requires to be long,so as to afford a yery firm hold on the handle, which is fitted tightlytherein, by wedgin-g or otherwise., A dilhculty is experienced in makingeyes of suliieient length, without a vcr'y great expense in'the forging.Several plans have been proposed, and patents have been taken forwelding, braaing, or otherwise attaching oyes separately, formed usuallyof cast iron ;v but these have all heen'more or-less open to object-ion.

My invention overcomes most o f the d'iiliculty, allows the hoc to beproduced very light and strong, and at` I will rst describel what Iconsider the best means of carrying out my invention, and willafterwards designate tho points which I believe to ben-ew.The-accompanying drawings form a part of this specication.

Figure lis a. side view, and v Figure Zarredge viewof the tube or socketB, without the iiange or lip B. Figure is asido.view,'and v l i Figure 4an edge or face view of the saine after the'lange is produced.

Figure 5 isi-thc blade, cut or formed to the proper outline,'hefore theplace for the eye is prepared. Figure is a face View of the bladeprepared.

'Figure is a longitudinal vertical section through-the same.

Figure `8 is a longitudinal vertical section through the b lade A and4tube B, after boing applied together.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the iigures. Ais a blade of steel, or of wrought iron, or of the two materialssoldered together in the ordinary manner.V It may beproduccd by forging,rolling, or otherwise, and may be of uniform thickness. iA is a broadlip, which is turned up by hand or otherwise, while that edge of theblade A is at a high temperature. It is curved to match the innersurface of the eye. A good form is indicated in the drawings. Ordinarilythe edge will he less regular and smooth than is here represented. Iprefer to draw the extremo edge very thin. v' lhis lip stands at thesame angle, relatively, tofthe plane of the blade A, as the handle isdesigned to stand in the hoe. B is a tube of wroughtfiron.. It may belap-welded or butt-welded, such as is formed for gas-pipe, or it may beproduced in any other convenient' form which will allow itscheap anduniform production from wrought iron. B1 is a broad flange or lip,turned up on onc side, and drawn to a. thin edge, as represented. rIhisflange stands at the same angle, relatively, to the axis of the tube B,as the blade of the hoo is intended to stand relatively to the handle.The parts A A' and B B are now applied together and welded in theposition indicatcdin iig. 8,' and if the edges of A and B have beenpreviously made thin, the eye is finished smoothly and perfectly, withvery little labor. The metal in my eye stands without strain, and there,is a just sufficient thickening of the material at the points ofjunction between the eye and the blade, to afford requisite strength. Ican, by properly modifying the sizes, it the parts -B B inside, insteadof outside of the part Af, if preferred..

Having new fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

I claim th within-descrbed method of manufacturing hoes, consisting inthe production of wrought-iron eyes B B', and previously-prepared bladesA A', and in welding them together in thc manner substantially as hereinset forth.

'W. T. CLEMENT.

Witnesses:

C. A. MAYNARD, S. T. SPAULDING.

